British flag High Commission of the United Kingdom in Kuala Lumpur

Address185 Jalan Ampang
50450 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Phonelocal: (03) 2170.2200
international: +60.3.2170.2200
Faxlocal: (03) 2170.2370
international: +60.3.2170.2370
Web sitehttp://ukinmalaysia.fco.gov.uk/en/
NotesYOUR ONLINE FRIEND WAS NOT ARRESTED AT THE AIRPORT.
YOU ARE BEING SCAMMED.


Have you been having conversations online with someone you've never met before who claims to live in the UK? Has he told you that he will come to visit you in Malaysia? And now is he frantically contacting you because he are being held at the airport, and needs you to pay a fine so he can be freed?

It is a scam. There is no romance, and there is nobody being detained at KLIA. The same person who was chatting online with you was also chatting online with many other victims. They are trying to trick you into sending money to an accomplice. Once you have sent the money they will disappear forever. Every year these scammers bilk unsuspecting victims out of thousands of ringgit. Don't be one of them.

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Colleen
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 01:15 EDT
Carlos Luciano
I was contacted on Facebook by Carlos Luciano. He tried to romance me. He told me he has 1 daugher named Jenny and is an art dealer from Glasgow Scotland.

He said he was coming to visit me. Luckily I have a friend who did a search on him and found out he's a scammer.

I sent him this link and he quickly deleted me. Please be careful ladies. He didn't get as far with me as some women. He's very good looking, will have pictures of himself and one of his allegedly daughter Jenny.

I knew their was something not right. He tells you that he loves you etc.

Again, be careful ladies don't fall for this.
Marizza
Sat, 25 Aug 2012 12:01 EDT
Scam from Leeds Uk
Hi there I met a man in facebook and An engineer from Baltic Marine Gdynia, he is very sweet and but i notice his message i feel someone doing for him and he keep telling not to mention his name to my friend and he want to visit me here and he sent the flight schedule and hotel reservation. that day of his arrival a woman it Filipina and she said was the immigration officer that Dennis Walker was held reason he bring the 81 thousand pound and they confiscated all his personal belonging and in order to get bail him out he need 3000 dollars thru Western Union and when i spoke again the woman she very demanding that time i said no i can't give money and ask him to call the British Embassy to help him and ask him to get a Lawyer and he was so upset to me and he keep asking money even $700 he need it but i refuse and he was so upset and i told him i check his flight and hotel everything was fake. when i check my facebook he block me and i block him too and removed from my yahoo. The Thing i Don't Understand they scamming Filipina and at same time he using Filipina too to scam other Filipina else where. for me it won't work because i keep reading his email words for words and i can't convince myself for less than 4 weeks you will fall in love to a person you never meet? and the woman name Marina Muhamad in Kuala Lumpur Malayasia and Gilbert Ahmad who will get the Money thru Western Union. I am so Lucky God save and my being observant help a lot. Don't be a fool by the Deceiver!!!!
DermotBrady
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 17:34 EDT
N Irelavnd
Does anybody know where to exchange N Ireland bank notes in KL
Maureen
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 13:02 EDT
Oh and this was the hotel he was supposedly staying at: Dean Benjamin wright, hotel address is Subang Court Hotel, jalan psj 4/30 pusat dagangan petaling jaya selatan, 46150 petaling jaya selangor
Maureen
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 12:45 EDT
I am a canadian woman who met a man on FB, we have communicated for 2 months. His name is Dean Benjamin Wright and he has a son named Remah. Both he and the boy arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Aug 12/12. He was travelling on business and his offshore bank accounts were seized and I had to send him $ for an activation fee to be able to access his accounts. He was crying and very scared and very convincing. two days ago I sent him another $3300 to have his equipement (hitachi tractors)shipped to Manchestor or they said they would confiscate the goods. Yesterday I received a txt from a doctor saying they had both been seriously injured in a car accident and that Ben needs surgery, but they have to have a downpayment before they'll do it. Can someone from you embassy please check to make sure this is valid. The doctors # is +60103368514 and Dean Benjamin's is +601113204648. I believe I have been scammed and it is my duty to warn other people no matter how embarrassing it is.If not I hope you can help him in the Columbia hospital where he is supposedly an inpatient. God have mercy!
Mandy Lee
Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:34 EDT
Scammer claiming as a Doctor living in Birmingham
This person claiming he is a doctor from UK and wanted to meet me in Malaysia and wanting to invest in properties in Malaysia. His name is Chris Shan ChongLin. I almost got fooled. He was saying that he was detained at the Malaysia custom coz he brought in too much cash so in order to get him released someone from Malaysia has to bank in RM3,000 to a CIMB bank account which the account holder is an off duty afficer at the custom. The person's name is
Halimah binti moiditutty acc no is 01280009634523
Luckily my Instinct told me this is a scam and not to bank in anything to this account. So people out there BEWARE!!!!!!
Ruth
Wed, 22 Aug 2012 01:13 EDT
Response to: Linda
I'm sorry you also got scammed. I'm also sorry to say we may NEVER get our $ back. It seems all of the women who were scammed averaged 3-6 month of communication with these bastards. I also would like my $2500- back but know I'll never see it. I've got a sick daughter & if the bastard I was talking to Spencer Williams, Ralph Hugo Williams, William Spencer...., whatever name he goes by depending on who he meets. I also believe it is MORE than just ond person. They have highly equipped machinery, phone systems, computer programs that changes their voice pattern, laughter, and what they say to you. They meet you at some network place such as Facebook and they tell you they finally had the courage to talk to you, you exchange emails & soon telephone numbers. They study what kind of person you are and depending on your situluation/scenario in your life presently, that's how they talk to you. They know your weekends/situation at thd time and you believe that FINALLY someone is just like you. They seem to communicate, laugh, dream, with you and soon you're in their web/trap. If anyone knows how we may get our $ back please share this information here but most likely I feel it's NOT WORTH the effort. I recently got an email from "SUPPOSEBLY" western union where I sent the $ to the maggot/scumbag/low lifer and it said I and 7 other people were supposed to get some $ (over a million) SERIOUSLY!??! I'm supposed to send my address, name, and email some Franca Lee >_< They even provide me with a telephone number I sent them a very NICE letter telling them to put it where the sun don't shine. Please try to tell your friends, family, co-workers, anyone you come across regarding this kind of scam. I know it feels shameful for having fallen into their trap BUT I'de rather look like a fool & save somekne the heart ache or loss of $ than to NOT have warned them. I will CONTINUESLY keep posting stuff here & I'll let others know of my scenario I've gone through & hope you all do the same.
linda
Sun, 19 Aug 2012 23:55 EDT
romance scam from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I was on facebook with a Henry Douglas, hometown Sydney Australia, working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a project engineer for Belfinger in Hamburg germany, He said he is in Malaysia for 3 years. After 6 weeks of chatting, texting and speaking on the phone he ask me for $3,000.00 for a tractor then he ask me for $1,000.00 to go see his mother in Bristol, Englan because she was having a kidney transplant I send him the $1,000.00. He went to England for 1 week and then returned to Malaysia because he was going to get the money he worked for and apparently he was having a problem, he borrowed the money to buy a ticket to come to the US, in the mean time my husband found about it and I told him not to come here , then I went on his chat and broke off with him and he was angry, he demanded money for the ticket and I unfriend him on facebook and yahoo and told him not to contact me again, he has not contacted me ever again, but I want my money back that he promised to repay. His name is Henry douglas/ phone number is 60146470946
Ruth
Sun, 19 Aug 2012 07:28 EDT
Response to: Avianne
Good 4 U! The same guy except with a different name fooled me. His name was Hugo Ralph Wiiliam,William Spencer, Ralph Spencer....blah blah blah. I WAS foolish enough to send him $ He later called me AGAIN & said I abondoned him & that u forgot about him. I told him I would NEVER EVER forget him & that because of what he did....HE WOULD BE CURSED. He never called again. I wish their was a way to let others know that "IT'S ALL A SCAM" None of the things ate true. BE CAREFUL LADIES ..... DO NOT SEND ANY $ STOP ALL COMMUNICATION with those LOW LIFERS!
concern girl
Sun, 19 Aug 2012 02:36 EDT
ladies from the Philippines ...you all been scammed
Hi Ladies, I feel sorry to what all you have encountered but sad to say you are all been scammed, and those people are all scammers, they are not the person whom you saw the pictures. It maybe hard to accept because of all the communications you had with them seems are true and real but the truth is they really don't exist. The promises and plans they have told you are all part of the planned to make you fall in love with them. I been scammed too, but when they asked me for money I used my head.Just ask yourself why you will send money for someone you haven't meet yet, and if they are rich and have lots of money they should call their family or friends to ask help and not you...

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